Aideed calls for hostages' release

Nairobi - The self-styled government of Somali warlord Mr Hussein Aideed yesterday appealed for the unconditional release of …

Nairobi - The self-styled government of Somali warlord Mr Hussein Aideed yesterday appealed for the unconditional release of four UN staff and an EU official taken hostage by gunmen in the breakaway region of Somaliland. The foreigners, two Kenyans, an Indian, a Canadian and the British EU official, were abducted on Friday.

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